Lessons from Hiroshima: Cultivating Mindful Peace Leadership

In an age of deep division and growing global challenges, education has a vital role to play in cultivating peace. Join the Barger Leadership Institute for two powerful events exploring Mindful Peace Leadership through the lens of Hiroshima. Featuring a screening of the award-winning documentary A Vow from Hiroshima and a multidisciplinary symposium with leading educators and peace activists. Together, we will examine how a mindful peace leadership education can empower the next generation to lead with dignity, responsibility, and hope.


Special thanks to our sponsors,

  • The Nam Center for Korean Studies
  • Michigan Community Scholars Program
  • Center for Japanese Studies
  • UMMA
  • Center for Global and Intercultural Study
  • Organizational Studies



FILM SCREENING: The Vow From Hiroshima (Free)

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State Theater, 233 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Mitchie Takeuchi

Barger Leadership Institute is committed to nurturing leaders who will promote peace, compassion, dignity, and well-being in their communities. In that spirit, we are thrilled to host a screening of the award-winning documentary "A Vow from Hiroshima," featuring remarks from producer Mitchie Takeuchi.

The Vow From Hiroshima is an intimate portrait of Setsuko Thurlow, a passionate survivor of the 1945 atomic bomb in Hiroshima. At 13 years old, Setsuko was miraculously pulled out of a fiery building after the bomb was dropped, unable to save her other 27 classmates who were burned alive. The experience shaping her life forever, she kept a pledge to her friends - that no one should ever again experience the same horrible fate. Her moving story is told through the lens of her friendship with second-generation survivor Mitchie Takeuchi, through her decades of activism, to the current moment, achieving her dream of a Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty.

This event is free for all attendees
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